Re: [MacPerl] reading variables from files

[bcox@gmu.edu (Brad Cox)]

>The data file looks like this (though the format could
>be different if necessary):
>
>carnivore,12,white meat only,23,vegitarian,10,vegan,2

>How do I read this in and turn it into an associative
>array? My current code looks like this, but it doesn't
>seem to create anything in the array:

Why not make it look like this

%array=(carnivore,12,white meat only,23,vegitarian,10,vegan,2);

And read it in like this?

require "Array.pl";

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